St. Louis Cardinals (1-0) vs. Cincinnati Reds (0-1)
Cincinnati; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts) Reds: TBD
LINE: Cardinals favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals square off against the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.
The Reds finished 21-19 against NL Central Division opponents in 2020. Cincinnati averaged 6.5 hits per game last year while batting .212 as a team.
The Cardinals finished 22-18 against NL Central Division opponents in 2020. St. Louis hit .234 as a team with 2.2 extra base hits per game and 73 total doubles last season.
INJURIES: Reds: Michael Lorenzen: (shoulder), Sonny Gray: (back), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Nick Senzel: (shoulder), Shogo Akiyama: (hamstring).
Cardinals: Miles Mikolas: (right shoulder), Kwang Hyun Kim: (back), Dakota Hudson: (right elbow), Harrison Bader: (right forearm).
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